A recent statement from the Governor of the State of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo, reaffirmed the state’s ambitious goal of supplying 50 percent of its electricity from renewable energies by 2030 [1]. In this case referring to the state’s … Read More
NREL reports foresee tremendous benefits for Hawaii and Oregon through offshore wind energy investments
NREL recently released two reports analyzing two different deployment scenarios of offshore wind both in Hawaii and Oregon [1] [2]. The studies were commissioned by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) which is part U.S. Department of the Interior, … Read More
U.S.A and France governments invest in floating offshore wind technology
At Windcrete we develop technology towards the economical use of offshore wind resources. This industry has been growing tremendously and continuously; bringing clean electricity to consumers, creating jobs and helping reduce our impact on the environment. Recent investments made into … Read More
Expensive, but with much potential
This is how the swiss magazine Tages Anzeiger defines the new Offshore Wind Energy. The concept WindCrete is showed as an alternative to reduce the high costs of the floating platforms, using the concrete as a main structural material. Source … Read More
Spanish researchers develop novel concrete floating platform
Windcrete, a new Spar-type floating substructure that is designed to carry wind turbines of up to 10MW in deep offshore environments, could provide a high level of reliability and lower installation, maintenance and construction costs than alternatives, says a team … Read More
The Windcrete team has achieved yet another successful publication in an academic journal
Significant research efforts are now being directed at floating offshore wind turbines. The main challenge posed by floating wind turbines is the high construction and installation costs of the substructure, which make it too expensive for commercial exploitation in the … Read More
Redefining the cost debate – The concept of society’s cost of electricity
Offshore wind is one of the world’s most promising and climate-friendly energy-producing technologies. However critics continue to point out the higher costs, relative to more conventional power sources (also onshore wind). Source: http://www.energy.siemens.com/
With floating platforms, offshore wind cost set to plunge
Floating wind turbines offer huge falls in the cost of offshore wind power and could be generating power in UK waters at well under the cost of new nuclear by 2020, provided adequate support. Source: http://www.theecologist.org/
EWEA Rebrands to WindEurope
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has announced that will become WindEurope. The organisation explained that its brand needed to evolve as the wind energy, which moved from a niche sector to a mainstream industry, is evolving. Link: WindEurope Web Source: Offshorewind.biz
Concrete Floating Turbine Economizes Wind Power
Under the guidelines of AFOSP, Climent Molins and Alexis Campos of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, present Windcrete, a floating cylindrical base that has a concrete, rather than steel, structure. They claim … Read More
